Spirit Lake briefs

April 25, 2014

LeMars was one of the teams expected to give Spirit Lake/Okoboji a little challenge this season, but the Bulldogs had little success in a 9-0 loss.

The closest match of the night came at the No. 1 doubles with SL-O's Olivia Rohlk and Natalie Delaney winning 10-6 over Emily Ahlers and Brittney Thompson.

In singles play, Rohlk won 10-3 over Ahlers; Delaney won 10-5 over Thompson; Ryan Petivich won 10-5 over Ellen Meis; Hanna Schoning won 10-3 over Lexa Skov; Anna Vos won 10-0 over Mackenzie Popken and Rebecca Owens won 10-2 over Amy Isebrand.

In doubles, Petievich and Schoning won 10-4 over Meis and Skov and Vos and Hailey Johnson won 10-2 over Isebrand and Martin.

Bulldogs too much for SL-O

The Spirit Lake/Okoboji boys tennis team struggled against LeMars, losing 9-0 on Tuesday.

"The match against LeMars felt a lot like the match we played against Spencer," said SL/O coach Dan Taylor. "We had a number of matches that were even through the first two-thirds of the set, and then we just couldn't put it together at the end."

Results are as follows.

LeMars 9, SL/O 0

Singles:

1. Michael O'Brien lost to Matt Ellefson 4-10

2. Ryley Smith lost to Dylan Harms 2-10

3. Hunter Andreason lost to Josh Sluiter 8-10

4. Will Fuelberth lost to Chris Moir 6-10

5. Jason Thorn lost to Thomas Havey 7-10

6. Tully Reed lost to Turner Manley 6-10

Doubles:

1. O'Brien/Smith lost to Ellefson/Sluiter 2-10

2. Andreason/Thorn lost to Harms/Havey 6-10

3. Fuelberth/Dan Chapman lost to Moir/Manley 2-10

Skopec takes medalist honors

Spirit Lake's Zach Skopec may have edged Emmetsburg's Luke Jackson for medalist honors, but the E'Hawks came away with the team victory, shooting a 152 to the Indians' 157. Storm Lake finished with a 167 in the Lakes Conference double dual on Tuesday.

Skopec and Jackson each shot a 36, but Skopec won the one-hole playoff.

Also for Spirit Lake, Trevor Caldwell shot a 38, Corey Potter shot a 39 and Grant Schuchert shot a 44.